DisclosureLens
HackingGovernmentGovernmentData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIHigh

Botetourt County, Virginia

bd_e95bb62efac99d83 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 21, 2021

Filed

Dec 29, 2022

To disclose

14 months

Affected · nationwide

1,5062 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Botetourt County, Virginia →

Botetourt County, Virginia, a government entity, experienced an external system breach on October 21, 2021, which was also the date of discovery. The breach compromised names and Social Security numbers of 1,506 individuals. Affected residents were notified on December 29, 2022, and offered 24 months of identity protection and credit monitoring services through Experian.

Maine clockDiscovered Oct 21, 2021 → Filed with AG Dec 29, 2022434d ✗ ME AG >90d14 months discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 months / 434 days

Oct 21, 2021

Begins

Oct 21, 2021

Discovered

Dec 29, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+51 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGDec 29 · first
Indiana State AGDec 29 · first
Maine State AGDec 29 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.